> I don't get why anybody would want to speed read a novel. The bit about 'War and Peace' was a joke. Woody Allen didn't really speed read it :) But even if i

> I don't get why anybody would want to speed read a novel. The bit about 'War and Peace' was a joke. Woody Allen didn't really speed read it :) But even if it wasn't, War and Peace is a great example of a classic most people would be happy to speed read. It's not a relaxing novel like Harry Potter but it's perhaps arguably an important novel to read. In today's society classic novels like that are often more about absorbing the knowledge rather than enjoying the story, which is people want to speed read... Fast knowledge absorption. You obviously like Hemingway, you must realise for most people that's odd. Just like you think it's odd a small part of the population might speed read certain novels. It's great that not everyone is the same.